TCorp loans program extended to more councils

All NSW councils are now able to apply for TCorp’s low-cost loans program.

10 February, 2023

Aerotropolis gets community commissioner

Recent appointments, departures and movement in and around government.

17 May, 2021

Council employees thrown $112m lifeline

LGNSW says a job retention allowance will save tens of thousands of council jobs.

27 April, 2020

TCorp’s $1.8b sustainable bond oversubscribed

The NSW public sector financing agency has issued a $1.8 billion sustainable bond.

14 November, 2019

Commissioner takes charge at ‘dysfunctional’ WA council

Appointments, departures and movement around the government sector.

27 June, 2019

The money or the gun? NSW council merger battle

Rebellious councils risk cash and cheap loans.

26 October, 2015

Cheap government loans for NSW councils

Remote and rural councils may lose out.

14 October, 2015

NSW local government management under new performance scrutiny

Benchmarking council performance can be a long and expensive task that sometimes produces questionable results, however New South Wales local government managers have now teamed up to create an innovative research tool that is as affordable and effective.

7 April, 2014

Cash-strapped Central Darling Shire Council facing suspension

By Paul Hemsley and Julian Bajkowski The New South Wales government has moved swiftly to use its new authority to bring badly struggling local governments in the state to book through issuing a notice of suspension under Early Intervention powers. The state’s Local Government Minister Don Page on Tuesday hit Central Darling Shire Council with […]

11 December, 2013

NSW councils try to turn Page on referendum ‘yes’ case

By Paul Hemsley and Julian Bajkowski Councils in New South Wales have repudiated claims by the state’s Minister for Local Government, Don Page, that an amendment to the Constitution to allow financial recognition of local governments will lead to pork barrelling as baseless scaremongering. As the September 14th referendum debate heats up, joint presidents of […]

21 May, 2013

Panel urges O’Farrell to push ‘voluntary’ council amalgamations

By Paul Hemsley and Julian Bajkowski A push by the Independent Local Government Review Panel to the New South Wales government to encourage “voluntary amalgamations” of councils has sparked widely divergent reactions from stakeholders as peak body Local Government NSW (LGNSW) continues to argue that forced mergers are not, and should not, be state government […]

29 April, 2013

NSW Treasury answers councils’ demands to end rate pegging

By Paul Hemsley Local Government New South Wales (LGNSW) joint president Ray Donald has said that calls for an end to rate pegging have been backed by the state government in the latest report about the financial sustainability of councils from the NSW Treasury Corporation (TCorp). Mr Donald said TCorp’s findings in the Financial Sustainability […]

22 April, 2013